An artisan is a practical artist .- The proper study of mankind is man . — Pope . . .. ,,. . , ,: . It is better to be a hustling dunce than an idle genius . —Judge . t .. ., , Be circumspect in conduct . Even a clock is known by its -works . There is never a . train coming so fast , but you can wait till it goes past . If money talks , it ¦ . says Good day , then flaps its wings arid flies away . Mosquitoes are free from one vice at least . They can t stand cigarette smoke . Commencing with yourself , make the best possible use of everything within reach . Those who flatter us are our enemies , but you know we are commanded to love our enemies . He is a wise farmer who knows how to hire others to do what he is not able to do himself . A man s daily life proclaims hjs religion a great deal more accurately than what he says . Many good men are mossbacks . Thoreau wrote : Be not simply good , be good for something . _ Never return anything you borrow . It is too much to expect anyone ...

* Mgaiaia * gTJiSIMgL ^ - ^ K , i . w .-- ^ » -- g- » g Current Events paBaisigi » aagfflaigwM « iBwiigtMm « iigiw PARCELS Post is first on the list of the postmaster general s proposed improvements in . the postal service . Postmaster General Geo . Von L . Meyer lias beard from the farmers throughout fhe • country and has recognized their wishes and needs in- regard to-jarcels past :. What is necessary now is to acquaint all members of congress and all members of the United States senate wtih the wishes of the farmers in this particular . There will be strong opposition from the express companies , and it will be necessary for farmers to wake « p and do something for themselves . Farmers can have parcels post if they want it , bnt they will never get it without an effort . • In an article in the Century Magazine , John G . Speed discusses racing in its relation to horse breeding . Mr . Speed holds that racing is not entirely a business , it is sot merely a gambling game , it is not...

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11 Orchard and Garden |@ endorsement ALMOST every farmer has the soil and a place suitable for a good berry patch and fruit garden . Farmers who exist year after year without these luxuries are not doing the square thing either for themselves or their families . It is said that in England lhe flower heads of rhubarb or pie-plant are cooked and served with cream sauce as a delicacy . The flowers are wrapped in thm cotton doth and boiled in water to which a pinch of salt has been added . The pineapple acreage in the Hawaiian islands totals up about 3 . 000 acres and it is expected that this will be doubled inside of two years . The variety is said to be superior to the Florida product and some of the more enthusiastic supporters of the island product predict it is not far off when it will be the favorite variety in the markets of the central and western states . Bulbs return more flowers , according to the amount of work required , than any other kind of flowers . Gladioli are as easi...

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I The Grange j THE FARM AND TBE SCHOOL M UCH has appeared of late in the agricultural and educational press concerning the necessity of bringing the farm industries and the educational activities into a working unison for their mutual improvement . Much has been done in Illinois to bring about the desirable relations indicated in the above statement . At the state university , Rankin and Barto are working along this line . Superintendent Frank H . Hall , the school teacher-farmer , is doing great work all over the state in harmony with the same movement The Dairy Lessons , The Grout Encampment Circular , Studies of Corn and Its Uses—issued by the Agricultural College Extension Department of our state university—indicate a demand for helpful printed matter . Many county superintendents of schools jOne hundred school teachers leaving the village of Lombard to visit Mr . Hoy s over the state are making the study of primary agriculture a feature of their annual teachers institutes , hav...

§ ^ a r L k ^ L ^ LvJi Loral Questions of interest to farmers will be answered in this department by w ato practical lawyer , who . has a large ^ legal busjiess .. His answers will be accurate and reliable and of practical interest to many of our raters . It * is requested that questions be written plainly in as few words as possible on one side of the paper , using . white paper and black ink ; Questions will : be answered in the order received .- If anrtmmediate answer by mail is wanted , - $ 1 . 00 should be enclosed for personal attention . Address Legal Department , Farm Press , Chicago , III . The owner of a wolf kept as a pet is liable for any injuries to a person from a bite by the wolf without proof that the owner knew that the wolf was vicious or that he was negligent in permitting the wolf to be at large . Hays v . Miller ( Ala ) , 43 Southern Rep . 818 . Where lumber us * d in the construction of a residence is furnished to the husband and charged to him , the mere fact ...